Ask of the Learn'd the way? The Learn'd are blind; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind; "° Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it Pleasure, and Contentment these... An essay on man. Cornish ed - Página 74por Alexander Pope - 1798Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 páginas
.... Thi< bids to st'rve, and that to shun mankind; 20 Sonic place th« bliss in action, some in case, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these: Some, sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain; Soir.e, swell'd to Gods, confess ev'n virtue vain; •V, indolent, to each extreme they fall, To trust... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 páginas
...pleasure, and contentm<*it I hesc : .Some, sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Some, sxveU'd to Gods, confess ev'n virtue vain; Or, indolent, to each extreme they fall, To trust in cv'ry thing, or doubt of all. Who thus define it, say they more or lesi, Than this, that happiness... | |
| John Walker - 1810 - 394 páginas
...pause at gross, and another at refined, convey more forcibly and distinctly every part of the sentence. Some place the bliss in action, some in ease ; Those call it pleasure,, and contentment these. Pope's Essay on Man. In this couplet we never see a pause after the two words some in the first line,... | |
| William Warburton - 1811 - 444 páginas
...abode; the philosophic then only remained to be delivered. Ask of the learn d the way, the learn'd are blind, This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind...ease ; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these. The confutation of these philosophic errors, he shews to be very easy, one common fallacy running through... | |
| William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 páginas
...; the philosophic then only remained to be delivered.* Ask of the learn d the way, the learn'd are blind, This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind...ease ; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these. «. The confutation of these philosophic errors, he shewsto be very easy, one common fallacy running... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 páginas
...; And, fled from monarchs, St. John ! dwells with thee. Ask of the learn'd the way. The learn'd are blind;. This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind....contentment these. Some sunk to beasts, find pleasure end io pain ; Some swell'd to gods, confess ev'n virtue vain ;-. Or indolent, to each extreme they fall,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 páginas
...of the learn'd the way ? The learn'd are blind ; This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind ; 20 Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those...these ; Some sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Rome swell'd to gods confess, ev'n virtue vain ! Or indolent, to each extreme they fall, 25 To trust... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 páginas
...Ask of tbelearn'd the way, the learn'd are blind, This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind : SO Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those...virtue vain ; Or indolent, to each extreme they fall, 85 Who thus define it, say they more or less Than this, that Happiness is Happiness ? Take nature's... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 páginas
...from monarchs, St. John! dwells withth.ee> Ask of tile learn'd the way. 'The learn'd are blind: Tliis bids to serve, and that to shun mankind : Some place...Some sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Some swell VI to gods, confess ev'n virtue vain, Or indolent, to each extreme they fall, To trust in ev'ry... | |
| Louis-Pierre Siret - 1815 - 198 páginas
...yield, Or feap'd in iron harvests of the field ? — Ask of the learn'd the way ! the learn'd are Wind ; This bids to serve , and that to shun mankind ; Some place the bliss in action , some in case , Those call it pleasure : and contentment these. (a) Poke's Essay on man , Epist, !{/"> Í Take... | |
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